vertebral column
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The team found part of the dinosaur's skull, a complete vertebral column extending to the tail, and nearly intact forelimbs and hindlimbs, said CONICET.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the discs to change shape earlier than normal.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
Essentially, thresher shark vertebral column is fortified along its length and might work like a catapult, allowing the tail to launch over the head.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
It is early days, but we have used gastruloids to study the process of somitogenesis, the process that generates the vertebral column and the muscles.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
The curves of the vertebral column are, in quadrupeds, slightly different from those which characterize the human spine.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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